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Supported Formats and Encodings

You can import and work with the following file extensions and formats in JotterPad:


Line Breaks: JotterPad supports Linux Style Line Breaks. Please open .txt files in NotePad++ in Windows. The standard text editor in Windows does not support Linux Style Line Breaks.


Supported Extensions

  • .txt
  • .md
  • .markdown
  • .fountain


Unsupported Extensions

  • .doc
  • .docx
  • .pdf


Supported Encodings

By default, JotterPad saves text file in UTF-8 encoding.
JotterPad supports reading (and writing back) of text files in multiple encodings.


  • UTF-16BE
  • UTF-16LE
  • UTF-32BE
  • UTF-32LE
  • Windows1255
  • Cyrillic Windows 866
  • Cyrillic ISO 8859-5
  • Cyrillic KOI 8-R
  • Cyrillic KOI 8-U
  • 1SO 2022 JP
  • Japanese (Mac OS)
  • Japanese (Shift JIS)
  • Korean (Mac OS)
  • Korean (EUC)
  • Simplified Chinese (GB2312)
  • Simplified Chinese (Mac OS)
  • Traditional Chinese (Big 5)
  • Traditional Chinese (Mac OS)
  • Traditional Chinese (EUC)
  • Chinese (GBK)
  • Chinese (GB 18030)

Updated on: 16/06/2022

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